Iraq Signs Preliminary Gas Deal With Turkmenistan
October 9th, 2023
Via Energy Daily, a report that Iraq has signed a ‘preliminary’ gas deal with Turkmenistan Iraq on Friday signed an initial agreement with Turkmenistan to import much-needed gas for the country’s insufficient and dilapidated electricity grid, officials said.They added that talks are still needed to arrange transport through Iran. Iraq, ravaged by decades of conflict […]
Read more »‘Fertile ground’: Baghdad Sees Timid Revival With Investment Drive
September 29th, 2023
Via Energy Daily, a report on Iraq’s investment revival: On a summer evening, Iraqis smoke shisha and go bowling at a sprawling riverside complex in Baghdad, one of the many new investments reviving the capital after decades of turmoil.“Iraq is fertile ground for investments,” said Falah Hassan, the executive director of the complex of restaurants […]
Read more »Work Begins on Iraq-Iran Rail Link
September 10th, 2023
Via France24, a report on a rail line linking Iraq’s southern port city of Basra to Iran’s broader rail infrastructure, a 32-kilometer-long line that is part of Iraq’s $17-billion “Route of Development” project, meant to build a north-south corridor within the country: Iraq’s prime minister on Saturday inaugurated construction work on what is slated to […]
Read more »Iraq To Receive Gas from Turkmenistan
August 25th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a report on a recent agreement between Iraq and Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan agreed on Thursday to export gas to Iraq, a move that could boost the Iraqi energy sector and lessen the country’s dependence on Iran. The Iraqi Oil Ministry’s undersecretary for gas affairs, Ezzat Saber, said Iraq reached a preliminary agreement on importing gas […]
Read more »In Iraq and Algeria, TotalEnergies Signs Major Deals
July 10th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, an article on new deals between Iraq and TotalEnergies that aim to help Iraq fix its longstanding power issues: French energy giant TotalEnergies has signed major deals with Algeria and Iraq in the past two days. Iraq’s Ministry of Oil and TotalEnergies signed a long-delayed $27 billion deal aimed at developing Iraq’s energy sector. […]
Read more »Iraq Unveils $17 Billion Plan to Become Regional Transportation Hub
May 27th, 2023
Via Tasnim News, a report on Iraq’s ambitions plans to become a regional transportation hub: Iraq presented an ambitious plan on Saturday to establish itself as a regional transportation hub by developing its road and rail infrastructure, connecting Europe with the Persian Gulf and other countries in West Asia. The $17 billion project, known as […]
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